Exclusive: Actor-turned-executive Ella Wahlestedt on Wednesday announced the launch of Quarterlife Pictures, an L.A.-based production company dedicated to developing and producing women-centric and impactful narratives across film and TV.
Quarterlife will look to blend meaningful storytelling with commercial viability, focusing on stories in the genre and science fiction space. Its emphasis on women-fronted projects comes at a critical time, with a new study reporting a near 10-year low in female-led films. Already, the company has struck a strategic partnership with award-winning production house, CreativeChaos vmg, to collaborate on an undisclosed high-end docuseries.
Wahlestedt began her career as an actress, with credits including Relativity Media’s Earth to Echo, Lifetime’s Army Wives, R.L. Stine’s Goosebumps, and Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children. She later joined Buffalo 8 Productions, known for its work on Spike Lee’s BlacKkKlansman, Max Original The Fallout starring Jenna Ortega, and award-winning...
Quarterlife will look to blend meaningful storytelling with commercial viability, focusing on stories in the genre and science fiction space. Its emphasis on women-fronted projects comes at a critical time, with a new study reporting a near 10-year low in female-led films. Already, the company has struck a strategic partnership with award-winning production house, CreativeChaos vmg, to collaborate on an undisclosed high-end docuseries.
Wahlestedt began her career as an actress, with credits including Relativity Media’s Earth to Echo, Lifetime’s Army Wives, R.L. Stine’s Goosebumps, and Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children. She later joined Buffalo 8 Productions, known for its work on Spike Lee’s BlacKkKlansman, Max Original The Fallout starring Jenna Ortega, and award-winning...
- 4/3/2024
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
Jacobin Magazine documentary follows leftist economist Andres Arauz at 2021 polls.
Buffalo 8 has acquired North American rights to Héctor Muniente’s documentary The Ecuadorian Candidate which shot during the 2021 Ecuador election.
The Jacobin Magazine documentary follows the story of Leftist economist Andres Arauz as he bids to become the next president of Ecuador.
Arauz was backed by Rafael Correa, the former president who launched Ecuador’s Leftist movement, governed the South American country from 2007 to 2017, and was an ally of Cuba’s Fidel Castro and Venezuela’s Hugo Chávez.
Arauz contested the election against the conservative banker Guillermo Lasso, who was...
Buffalo 8 has acquired North American rights to Héctor Muniente’s documentary The Ecuadorian Candidate which shot during the 2021 Ecuador election.
The Jacobin Magazine documentary follows the story of Leftist economist Andres Arauz as he bids to become the next president of Ecuador.
Arauz was backed by Rafael Correa, the former president who launched Ecuador’s Leftist movement, governed the South American country from 2007 to 2017, and was an ally of Cuba’s Fidel Castro and Venezuela’s Hugo Chávez.
Arauz contested the election against the conservative banker Guillermo Lasso, who was...
- 7/17/2023
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
Jacobin Magazine documentary follows leftist economist Andres Arauz at 2021 polls.
Buffalo8 has acquired North American rights to Héctor Muniente’s documentary The Ecuadorian Candidate which shot during the 2021 Ecuador election.
The Jacobin Magazine documentary follows the story of Leftist economist Andres Arauz as he bids to become the next president of Ecuador.
Arauz was backed by Rafael Correa, the former president who launched Ecuador’s Leftist movement, governed the South American country from 2007 to 2017, and was an ally of Cuba’s Fidel Castro and Venezuela’s Hugo Chávez.
Arauz contested the election against the conservative banker Guillermo Lasso, who was...
Buffalo8 has acquired North American rights to Héctor Muniente’s documentary The Ecuadorian Candidate which shot during the 2021 Ecuador election.
The Jacobin Magazine documentary follows the story of Leftist economist Andres Arauz as he bids to become the next president of Ecuador.
Arauz was backed by Rafael Correa, the former president who launched Ecuador’s Leftist movement, governed the South American country from 2007 to 2017, and was an ally of Cuba’s Fidel Castro and Venezuela’s Hugo Chávez.
Arauz contested the election against the conservative banker Guillermo Lasso, who was...
- 7/17/2023
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
I can already tell I don't really need to see Goosebumps (10/16). This first trailer puts it all on the table and the plot points from A-to-b pretty much write themselves, add some special effects (including a blue light shot into the sky), one-liners we've heard a hundred times before and you have your story. What else is there really to sayc sb id="1541507" height="360" width="640" In Goosebumps, upset about moving from a big city to a small town, teenager Zach Cooper (Dylan Minnette) finds a silver lining when he meets the beautiful girl, Hannah (Odeya Rush), living right next door. But every silver lining has a cloud, and Zach's comes when he learns that Hannah has a mysterious dad who is revealed to be R. L. Stine (Jack Black), the author of the bestselling Goosebumps series. It turns out that there is a reason why Stine is so strange.
- 7/8/2015
- by Brad Brevet
- Rope of Silicon
A pretty hefty bulletin today and we'll begin with the latest PG-13 rating for a Marvel film as Ant-Man gets the "find for families but edgy enough for the teens" rating to make sure the target demographic of everyone is satisfied. As a matter of fact, of the more notable films on today's board only Ant-Man and the upcoming Secret In Their Eyes remake (which saw its first trailer released earlier today) are the only two PG-13 ratings in the bulletin. Before we get to the R-rated titles, however, we do have one PG rated film, that being Sony's Goosebumps, an adaptation of the R.L. Stine novels starring Jack Black, Dylan Minnette, Odeya Rush, Ken Marino and Ella Wahlestedt. As for the R-rated titles, well, we start with a pretty hard R in American Ultra, a re-teaming of Adventureland stars Kristen Stewart and Jesse Eisenberg in a story of a stoner and his girlfriend's sleepy,...
- 6/30/2015
- by Brad Brevet
- Rope of Silicon
Stars: Teo Halm, Astro, Reese Hartwig, Ella Wahlestedt, Jason Gray-Stanford, Algee Smith, Cassius Willis, Sonya Leslie, Kerry O’Malley, Virginia Louise Smith, Peter Mackenzie, Valerie Wildman | Written by Henry Gayden | Directed by Dave Green
After many of the phones in their local neighbourhood seem to malfunction, a group of kids try to work out what is wrong and why it is happening. On discovering that the malfunction is actually a map to a location in the nearby desert, they decide to set off on an epic adventure to find out the truth of the mystery. What they discover surprises them all; it’s an alien who needs their help. But will their friendship survive long enough for them to be able to deliver it?
Earth to Echo reminds me of the games I used to play when I was young. We all used to dream of going on an exciting...
After many of the phones in their local neighbourhood seem to malfunction, a group of kids try to work out what is wrong and why it is happening. On discovering that the malfunction is actually a map to a location in the nearby desert, they decide to set off on an epic adventure to find out the truth of the mystery. What they discover surprises them all; it’s an alien who needs their help. But will their friendship survive long enough for them to be able to deliver it?
Earth to Echo reminds me of the games I used to play when I was young. We all used to dream of going on an exciting...
- 11/3/2014
- by Richard Axtell
- Nerdly
An inoffensive time-passer for youngsters, but adult genre fans who recall the 80s classics it draws on — E.T. and The Goonies — will be bored. I’m “biast” (pro): nothing
I’m “biast” (con): nothing
(what is this about? see my critic’s minifesto)
Well, for one, the title makes no sense. Earth to Echo might be the thing to call a sequel to this rather shameless mashup of E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial and The Goonies, but it refers to absolutely nothing here that we can see. Three tween pals in Nevada — Alex (Teo Halm), Tuck (Brian “Astro” Bradley), and Chunk Munch (Reese Hartwig) — set off on a mysterious treasure hunt directed by strange maps that appear on their cell phones and discover a tiny alien robot-creature they dub Echo (for how it echoes their voices) who needs their help to reassemble some sort of device so it can,...
I’m “biast” (con): nothing
(what is this about? see my critic’s minifesto)
Well, for one, the title makes no sense. Earth to Echo might be the thing to call a sequel to this rather shameless mashup of E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial and The Goonies, but it refers to absolutely nothing here that we can see. Three tween pals in Nevada — Alex (Teo Halm), Tuck (Brian “Astro” Bradley), and Chunk Munch (Reese Hartwig) — set off on a mysterious treasure hunt directed by strange maps that appear on their cell phones and discover a tiny alien robot-creature they dub Echo (for how it echoes their voices) who needs their help to reassemble some sort of device so it can,...
- 7/24/2014
- by MaryAnn Johanson
- www.flickfilosopher.com
The above picture from Sony's Pixels was released earlier, but in a low resolution form, now the studio has made the pic available in high resolution as it features Violet Van Patten (Michelle Monaghan), Sam Brenner (Adam Sandler), Ludlow Lamonsoff (Josh Gad) and Eddie Plant (Peter Dinklage and his mullet) in the upcoming film based on the animated short directed by Patrick Jean (watch it here). Here's the synopsis: When aliens misinterpret video-feeds of classic arcade games as a declaration of war against them, they attack the Earth, using the games as models for their various assaults. President Will Cooper (Kevin James) has to call on his childhood best friend (Sandler), '80s video game champion Sam Brenner, now a home theater installer, to lead a team of old-school arcaders to defeat the aliens and save the planet. It was also recently revealed the film will feature a number of...
- 7/23/2014
- by Brad Brevet
- Rope of Silicon
Those polarising threats of a Goonies remake lose some of their power this week with the release of Earth to Echo. David Green’s bittersweet anthem for alienated youth is so profoundly in love with the 1983 classic that The Goonies could be credited as supporting cast. Yet the tender delivery of this adoration is such that the frequent nods to it are entirely forgivable. By acknowledging the singularly treacherous tightrope between childhood and adolescence with generosity, Earth to Echo forges a fresh path over this well trodden ground. This is jointly achieved by the guilelessness of the four young leads and the clever incorporation of social media as narrator.
Our Goonies are Alex, Tuck and Munch – The Mulberry Ballers Club. A trio of misfits in the Las Vegas ‘burbs, bonded by their exclusion from the in-crowd. Munch (Reese Hartwig) is Data 2.0 – techie, eccentric and unintentionally hilarious. Foster kid Alex (Teo Halm...
Our Goonies are Alex, Tuck and Munch – The Mulberry Ballers Club. A trio of misfits in the Las Vegas ‘burbs, bonded by their exclusion from the in-crowd. Munch (Reese Hartwig) is Data 2.0 – techie, eccentric and unintentionally hilarious. Foster kid Alex (Teo Halm...
- 7/23/2014
- by Emily Breen
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Today we have the first photos of Jack Black in the upcoming "Goosebumps" movie, based on the popular books. The film co-stars Odeya Rush, Ella Wahlestedt, and Dylan Minnette. Check everything out below. In the new movie, a group of kids team up with the niece of horror author Rl Stine after the writer's imaginary demons are set free on the town of Greendale, Maryland. Black is playing the role of the famous author, and recently spoke about making a horror film for kids. "Kids like scary movies, but you can't take them to what are the big scary movies now where Satan comes out and bites your genitals off. Those movies can actually leave you mentally scared; that's not for kids," he said. "But kids still like to get a little thrill and a little danger, so you need projects like this." "Goosebumps" is directed by Rob Letterman and...
- 7/18/2014
- WorstPreviews.com
Title: Earth To Echo Director: Dave Green Starring: Teo Halm, Astro, Reese Hartwig, Ella Wahlestedt, Jason Gray-Stanford. If E.T. were to be narrated today, ‘Earth To Echo,’ would definitely not do it justice. Dave Green’s flick mishmashes classics of sci-fi with more recent youth movies, such as ‘Super 8’ and ‘Stand By Me,’ to explore the theme of friendship and xenophobia. The story that “echoes” Spielberg’s great extraterrestrial films, narrates the “close encounters of the third kind,” of a bunch of youngsters who stumble upon the tech-version of a cute complaisant alien. The juveniles receive a bizarre series of encrypted messages and decide to embark on an adventure with the [ Read More ]
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- 7/6/2014
- by Chiara Spagnoli Gabardi
- ShockYa
Earth to Echo is a film filled with new faces. In the sci-fi adventure, Teo Halm (Alex), Astro Bradley (Tuck), Reese Hartwig (Munch), and Ella Wahlestedt (Emma) play four teenagers who find an alien. This is all four of the actors' first major roles on the big screen. We had the opportunity to chat about what the whole experience was like.
Q: This is one of your first big projects, and what is that like for you guys?
Reese: I've been an actor for five or six years now, and knowing that I'm going to be in a movie that's going to be in theaters—you can buy a ticket to it and go watch it at your movie theater—that's like the coolest thing for me as an actor to know that I achieved that.
Teo: That's every actor's dream, you know, to make it. It took me so long.
Q: This is one of your first big projects, and what is that like for you guys?
Reese: I've been an actor for five or six years now, and knowing that I'm going to be in a movie that's going to be in theaters—you can buy a ticket to it and go watch it at your movie theater—that's like the coolest thing for me as an actor to know that I achieved that.
Teo: That's every actor's dream, you know, to make it. It took me so long.
- 7/5/2014
- by tara@kidspickflicks.com (Tara the Mom)
- kidspickflicks
In Earth to Echo, a group of teens find an alien who can communicate with them through beeps. Through asking questions, they discover that Echo, the alien needs their help in getting back home. Teo Halm (Alex), Astro Bradley (Tuck), Reese Hartwig (Munch), and Ella Wahlestedt (Emma) talked to Kpf's Cassandra, 15, and Jeremy, 10, about what would happen if they met Echo in real life.
Q: If you had the chance to talk to Echo, what would you ask him?
Reese: Since we already know him, I'd ask him where did he go?
Teo: What's your planet like?
Ella: I'd like to find out more about where he came from, about his planet.
Astro: Where's your mother?
Teo: You should be supervised right now.
Reese: What do you eat?
Teo: Celery.
Don't miss out on the adorable Earth to Echo, in theaters now!
Q: If you had the chance to talk to Echo, what would you ask him?
Reese: Since we already know him, I'd ask him where did he go?
Teo: What's your planet like?
Ella: I'd like to find out more about where he came from, about his planet.
Astro: Where's your mother?
Teo: You should be supervised right now.
Reese: What do you eat?
Teo: Celery.
Don't miss out on the adorable Earth to Echo, in theaters now!
- 7/3/2014
- by cassandrahsiao@hotmail.com (Cassandra and Jeremy Hsiao)
- kidspickflicks
In Earth to Echo, a group of teens find an alien who can communicate with them through beeps. Through asking questions, they discover that Echo, the alien needs their help in getting back home. Teo Halm (Alex), Astro Bradley (Tuck), Reese Hartwig (Munch), and Ella Wahlestedt (Emma) talked to Kpf's Cassandra, 15, and Jeremy, 10, about what would happen if they met Echo in real life.
Q: If you had the chance to talk to Echo, what would you ask him?
Reese: Since we already know him, I'd ask him where did he go?
Teo: What's your planet like?
Ella: I'd like to find out more about where he came from, about his planet.
Astro: Where's your mother?
Teo: You should be supervised right now.
Reese: What do you eat?
Teo: Celery.
Don't miss out on the adorable Earth to Echo, in theaters now!
...
Q: If you had the chance to talk to Echo, what would you ask him?
Reese: Since we already know him, I'd ask him where did he go?
Teo: What's your planet like?
Ella: I'd like to find out more about where he came from, about his planet.
Astro: Where's your mother?
Teo: You should be supervised right now.
Reese: What do you eat?
Teo: Celery.
Don't miss out on the adorable Earth to Echo, in theaters now!
...
- 7/3/2014
- by cassandrahsiao@hotmail.com (Cassandra and Jeremy Hsiao)
- kidspickflicks
When watching a release from a first-time director, it's always difficult to know exactly what to expect. Judging by the previews, you might have expected Earth to Echo to be a sophisticated, effects-driven grand adventure on the scale of The Goonies or Et: The Extra-Terrestrial. What you'll get is a charming mashup that pulls its strongest influences from classics like Et, The Goonies and The Iron Giant but never finds enough of its own identity to become more than an "echo" of those sources.
Director Dave Green and writer Henry Gayden, who both worked on the small screen on the series Zombie Roadkill, have assembled a talented cast of relative unknown child actors including Teo Halm (Alex), Brian Bradley (Tuck), Reese Hartwig (Munch), and Ella Wahlestedt (Emma). The most recognizable face is the adult villain Dr. Madsen played by the unlikely Jason Gray-Stanford, best known as police Lt. Randy Disher in Monk.
Director Dave Green and writer Henry Gayden, who both worked on the small screen on the series Zombie Roadkill, have assembled a talented cast of relative unknown child actors including Teo Halm (Alex), Brian Bradley (Tuck), Reese Hartwig (Munch), and Ella Wahlestedt (Emma). The most recognizable face is the adult villain Dr. Madsen played by the unlikely Jason Gray-Stanford, best known as police Lt. Randy Disher in Monk.
- 7/3/2014
- by Mike Saulters
- Slackerwood
Earth to Echo
Written by Henry Gayden
Directed by Dave Green
USA, 2014
When a fresh-faced director takes the helm of his first full length film, there’s always a degree of anticipation, and maybe even hope, surrounding the project. Will he (or she) steer us into familiar waters, or spin the wheel with wild abandon, taking us boldly into new, exciting territory? Dave Green, whose debut feature Earth to Echo just hit screens, has unfortunately done the former, but that isn’t a reason not to keep an eye on him. While Earth to Echo is ultimately not much more than a decent family adventure flick, there are enough glimmers of creativity to make it stand out, and to indicate there’s hope for Green yet.
Earth to Echo is a coming of age teen/children’s adventure with a sci-fi twist, quite deliberately evoking classics like Stand by Me,...
Written by Henry Gayden
Directed by Dave Green
USA, 2014
When a fresh-faced director takes the helm of his first full length film, there’s always a degree of anticipation, and maybe even hope, surrounding the project. Will he (or she) steer us into familiar waters, or spin the wheel with wild abandon, taking us boldly into new, exciting territory? Dave Green, whose debut feature Earth to Echo just hit screens, has unfortunately done the former, but that isn’t a reason not to keep an eye on him. While Earth to Echo is ultimately not much more than a decent family adventure flick, there are enough glimmers of creativity to make it stand out, and to indicate there’s hope for Green yet.
Earth to Echo is a coming of age teen/children’s adventure with a sci-fi twist, quite deliberately evoking classics like Stand by Me,...
- 7/2/2014
- by Thomas O'Connor
- SoundOnSight
If I had a dollar for every time a critic dismissively claimed “we’ve seen this story before,” I’d be filthy rich living on my own private island – aren’t most Hollywood movies borrowing ideas from elsewhere? Keep your Super 8 comparisons to yourself, because I don’t remember J.J. Abrams’ childhood adventure featuring a fun-loving robot who leads three best friends on a vandalism-filled wild goose chase. Earth To Echo is an alien-themed version of Humpty Dumpty – and a sweet one at that – sporting similarities to classic children’s sci-fi material, only this time around the extraterrestrial star isn’t a Reese’s Pieces munching oddity. Children need films with strong, positive moral backbones, something our little friend Echo shows off by instilling the bonds of friendship while proving anything is possible.
Alex (Teo Halm), Tuck (Brian “Astro” Bradley), and Munch (Reese Hartwig) are best buds until the end,...
Alex (Teo Halm), Tuck (Brian “Astro” Bradley), and Munch (Reese Hartwig) are best buds until the end,...
- 7/2/2014
- by Matt Donato
- We Got This Covered
Chicago – Oh those meddling kids, they can’t keep their noses out of anything, and for one lost space alien that’s a good thing. “Earth to Echo” is a wonderfully mastered combination of “found footage” composition and a Spielbergian-style encounter with an extra-terrestrial.
Rating: 3.5/5.0
This is an adventure aimed at the kids, but with enough heart, social commentary and nostalgia to satisfy their adult companions. It is the remarkable feature film debut of Dave Green, and the fact that it’s opening on a major holiday weekend speaks volumes for its subject matter and quality of the film. Green combines the camaraderie of intense childhood friendships with the modern technology they use today to pursue their E.T., and all of the clues make sense as they go about their discovery. For adult audiences, it’s about the long lost neighborhoods of as it all goes away, and the wonder...
Rating: 3.5/5.0
This is an adventure aimed at the kids, but with enough heart, social commentary and nostalgia to satisfy their adult companions. It is the remarkable feature film debut of Dave Green, and the fact that it’s opening on a major holiday weekend speaks volumes for its subject matter and quality of the film. Green combines the camaraderie of intense childhood friendships with the modern technology they use today to pursue their E.T., and all of the clues make sense as they go about their discovery. For adult audiences, it’s about the long lost neighborhoods of as it all goes away, and the wonder...
- 7/2/2014
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
Earth to Echo is a slender kiddie flick about a quartet of preteens and their palm-sized alien pal that's at once bland, well-intentioned, and utterly terrifying about the mental development of modern children.
As in the most honest kids films, our heroes admit to being isolated, unhappy, and cowed by the adult world. Their Nevada suburb will be torn down tomorrow, scattering these best friends— braggadocios Tuck (the one-named Astro from X-Factor), cowardly Munch (Reese Hartwig) and unthreateningly handsome Alex (Teo Halm) — to different schools, and plucking the cute blonde (Ella Wahlestedt) they all crush on out of their universe before she even knew they shared one.
On their last night together, the guys dupe their parents with a fake slum...
As in the most honest kids films, our heroes admit to being isolated, unhappy, and cowed by the adult world. Their Nevada suburb will be torn down tomorrow, scattering these best friends— braggadocios Tuck (the one-named Astro from X-Factor), cowardly Munch (Reese Hartwig) and unthreateningly handsome Alex (Teo Halm) — to different schools, and plucking the cute blonde (Ella Wahlestedt) they all crush on out of their universe before she even knew they shared one.
On their last night together, the guys dupe their parents with a fake slum...
- 7/2/2014
- Village Voice
Four extraordinary individuals were cast in the main roles in Earth to Echo. KidsPickFlicks reporters (and brother-sister team) Cassandra and Jeremy Hsiao, had the chance to talk to the talented cast: Teo Halm (Alex), Astro Bradley (Tuck), Reese Hartwig (Munch), and Ella Wahlestedt (Emma). We decided to ask them what it was like working with each other.
Q: What was it like being the only girl on set and working with these three boys?
Ella: Luckily I was paired with a good group. I also have a younger brother so I know about boys and their boyish antics. But it was a lot of testosterone, not going to lie.
Q: Now for the boys, can you describe Ella in one word?
Teo: Mean.
Ella: I'm a bully.
Q: How about a compliment?
Ella: Yeah, those don't happen very often.
Reese: Hot?
Teo: Zamn. Put that down.
Astro: Colorful, cause...
Q: What was it like being the only girl on set and working with these three boys?
Ella: Luckily I was paired with a good group. I also have a younger brother so I know about boys and their boyish antics. But it was a lot of testosterone, not going to lie.
Q: Now for the boys, can you describe Ella in one word?
Teo: Mean.
Ella: I'm a bully.
Q: How about a compliment?
Ella: Yeah, those don't happen very often.
Reese: Hot?
Teo: Zamn. Put that down.
Astro: Colorful, cause...
- 7/1/2014
- by tara@kidspickflicks.com (Tara the Mom)
- kidspickflicks
Beep. Beep. Echo? Echo!
“Earth to Echo” is a film that could be described as a cross between “The Goonies” and “E.T.” It follows four young teens that discover encrypted cell phone messages leading to an alien in their neighborhood. The teens end up helping the alien after uncovering a government plot to capture the alien.
During press day, Latino-Review recruited a ten-year-old reporter, Alex Fuchs, to interview the cast of “Earth to Echo.” The cast members included Teo Halm, Ella Wahlestedt, Astro and Reese Hartwig.
The fun family movie will open this Wednesday, July 2nd.
Check out the video interview below.
“Earth to Echo” is a film that could be described as a cross between “The Goonies” and “E.T.” It follows four young teens that discover encrypted cell phone messages leading to an alien in their neighborhood. The teens end up helping the alien after uncovering a government plot to capture the alien.
During press day, Latino-Review recruited a ten-year-old reporter, Alex Fuchs, to interview the cast of “Earth to Echo.” The cast members included Teo Halm, Ella Wahlestedt, Astro and Reese Hartwig.
The fun family movie will open this Wednesday, July 2nd.
Check out the video interview below.
- 7/1/2014
- by Gig Patta
- LRMonline.com
Title: Earth to Echo Directed By: Dave Green Starring: Teo Halm, Brian “Astro” Bradley, Reese Hartwig, Ella Wahlestedt “Earth to Echo” doesn’t come close to being the next “E.T.,” but it does pack enough spirit and fun to make it a worthwhile knockoff. Teo Halm, Brian “Astro” Bradley (yes, the kid from “The X Factor”) and Reese Hartwig lead as Alex, Tuck and Munch, three best friends who never really fit in until they found each other. However, with plans to build a highway straight through their Nevada suburb, their families are left with no choice, but to pack up and move away. In an effort to make their very [ Read More ]
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- 6/30/2014
- by Perri Nemiroff
- ShockYa
In the new family film "Earth to Echo," actors Teo Halm, Ella Wahlestedt, Brian 'Astro' Bradley and Reese Hartwig had to play a serious round of 20 questions with adorable alien dubbed "Echo" who somehow plummeted to Earth -- to make sure, for one, Echo's not here to kill us. As the young actors came to Los Angeles to promote "Earth to Echo," we decided to shoot some rapid-fire questions their way too. The kids have a close bond in the film, which has them lamenting their last night together in a Nevada neighborhood that's being forcibly shut. It gave them time to get to know each other, goof off for the cameras in the film and the camera on their phone, ride bikes into the desert, listen to music... and it's apparent they like each other since its been over. Maybe they'd like to work together again.
- 6/30/2014
- by Katie Hasty
- Hitfix
Earth to Echo is a sci-fi action movie where four teenagers meet an alien they nickname Echo, who needs their help to get back home. One of the things that makes this film different is that it is shot in "found footage" style, where Tuck, an avid filmmaker, videotapes their entire adventure. Cassandra Hsiao, 15, and brother Jeremy, 10, sat down with Teo Halm (Alex), Astro Bradley (Tuck), Reese Hartwig (Munch), and Ella Wahlestedt (Emma) to talk about the found footage genre and a certain fight scene that occurs in the movie.
Q: Sometimes breaking the fourth wall is a hard thing for an actor to do, but since all of you have grown up surrounded by video blogging, Vine, and YouTube, did this make it easier for you to talk to the camera?
Teo: You're always told in acting class, 'Never look at the camera.' In this movie, it was...
Q: Sometimes breaking the fourth wall is a hard thing for an actor to do, but since all of you have grown up surrounded by video blogging, Vine, and YouTube, did this make it easier for you to talk to the camera?
Teo: You're always told in acting class, 'Never look at the camera.' In this movie, it was...
- 6/30/2014
- by cassandrahsiao@hotmail.com (Cassandra and Jeremy Hsiao)
- kidspickflicks
Earth to Echo is one of those charming looking sci-fi movies that I'm excited to see. I like that it reminds me of the films that I used to watch as a kid. We have a cool motion poster created by the gang at Geek Nation. They've made several of these motion posters that they call "Mosters," and they're really cool. You can check out the Moster below!
After a construction project begins digging in their neighborhood, best friends Tuck, Munch and Alex inexplicably begin to receive strange, encoded messages on their cell phones. Convinced something bigger is going on, they go to their parents and the authorities. When everyone around them refuses to take the messages seriously, the three embark on a secret adventure to crack the code and follow it to its source. But taking matters into their own hands gets the trio in way over their heads...
After a construction project begins digging in their neighborhood, best friends Tuck, Munch and Alex inexplicably begin to receive strange, encoded messages on their cell phones. Convinced something bigger is going on, they go to their parents and the authorities. When everyone around them refuses to take the messages seriously, the three embark on a secret adventure to crack the code and follow it to its source. But taking matters into their own hands gets the trio in way over their heads...
- 6/27/2014
- by Joey Paur
- GeekTyrant
Get a closer look at director Dave Green’s Amblin-style debut feature Earth To Echo here…
Trailer
It’s been a while since Jj Abrams’ Super 8 harked back to Steven Spielberg’s kid-centric sci-fi spectacular E.T.: The Extra Terrestrial, so this trailer for Dave Green’s debut feature Earth To Echo will be a welcome sight for many.
The loveable combination of wide-eyed kids and alien contact is given a tech-heavy modern twist here as mobile phones, tiny robots and snazzy special effects all feature heavily.
Relative newcomers Teo Halm, Ella Wahlestedt, Reese Hartwig and former X-Factor USA contestant Astro make up the central gang, and their chemistry looks to bring a lot of laughs to the film.
Earth To Echo reaches UK cinemas on July 25, 2014.
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Trailer
It’s been a while since Jj Abrams’ Super 8 harked back to Steven Spielberg’s kid-centric sci-fi spectacular E.T.: The Extra Terrestrial, so this trailer for Dave Green’s debut feature Earth To Echo will be a welcome sight for many.
The loveable combination of wide-eyed kids and alien contact is given a tech-heavy modern twist here as mobile phones, tiny robots and snazzy special effects all feature heavily.
Relative newcomers Teo Halm, Ella Wahlestedt, Reese Hartwig and former X-Factor USA contestant Astro make up the central gang, and their chemistry looks to bring a lot of laughs to the film.
Earth To Echo reaches UK cinemas on July 25, 2014.
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- 5/29/2014
- by rleane
- Den of Geek
So it’s come to this. Earth to Echo has a trailer and it’s everything you have seen before. It’s a found footage movie for children that takes ingredients from better movies like E.T., Chronicle, Batteries Not Included, and even The Goonies. The alien itself looks like Eve from Wall-e right? I’m all for family adventure movies, but this isn’t bringing anything new to the table sadly.
Tuck, Munch and Alex are a trio of inseparable friends whose lives are about to change. Their neighborhood is being destroyed by a highway construction project that is forcing their families to move away. But just two days before they must part ways, the boys begin receiving a strange series of signals on their phones. Convinced something bigger is going on, they team up with another school friend, Emma, and set out to look for the source of their phone signals.
Tuck, Munch and Alex are a trio of inseparable friends whose lives are about to change. Their neighborhood is being destroyed by a highway construction project that is forcing their families to move away. But just two days before they must part ways, the boys begin receiving a strange series of signals on their phones. Convinced something bigger is going on, they team up with another school friend, Emma, and set out to look for the source of their phone signals.
- 5/29/2014
- by Graham McMorrow
- City of Films
Check out the full trailer for Relativity’s “Earth to Echo,” an upcoming found-footage-esque, sci-fi movie about a neighborhood group of kids who uncover a mysterious piece of hardware that turns out to be of alien technology.
The film stars Astro, Teo Halm, Reese C. Hartwig and Ella Wahlestedt.
“Earth to Echo” is directed by Dave Green from a screenplay written by Henry Gayden.
The film follows Tuck, Munch and Alex a trio of inseparable friends whose lives are about to change. Their neighborhood is being destroyed by a highway construction project that is forcing their families to move away. But just two days before they must part ways, the boys begin receiving a strange series of signals on their phones. Convinced something bigger is going on, they team up with another school friend, Emma, and set out to look for the source of their phone signals. What they discover...
The film stars Astro, Teo Halm, Reese C. Hartwig and Ella Wahlestedt.
“Earth to Echo” is directed by Dave Green from a screenplay written by Henry Gayden.
The film follows Tuck, Munch and Alex a trio of inseparable friends whose lives are about to change. Their neighborhood is being destroyed by a highway construction project that is forcing their families to move away. But just two days before they must part ways, the boys begin receiving a strange series of signals on their phones. Convinced something bigger is going on, they team up with another school friend, Emma, and set out to look for the source of their phone signals. What they discover...
- 5/28/2014
- by Kellvin Chavez
- LRMonline.com
Relativity Media has released a brand new poster, along with a new image, from their upcoming movie Earth To Echo.
Tuck, Munch and Alex are a closely bonded trio of inseparable friends, but their time together is coming to an end. Their neighborhood is being destroyed by a highway construction project that is forcing their families to move away. But just two days before they must part ways, the boys find a cryptic signal has infected their phones.
Convinced something bigger is going on and looking for one final adventure together, they set off to trace the messages to their source and discover something beyond their wildest imaginations: hiding in the darkness is a mysterious being, stranded on Earth, and wanted by the government.
This launches the boys on an epic journey full of danger and wonder, one that will test the limits of their friendship and change all of their lives forever.
Tuck, Munch and Alex are a closely bonded trio of inseparable friends, but their time together is coming to an end. Their neighborhood is being destroyed by a highway construction project that is forcing their families to move away. But just two days before they must part ways, the boys find a cryptic signal has infected their phones.
Convinced something bigger is going on and looking for one final adventure together, they set off to trace the messages to their source and discover something beyond their wildest imaginations: hiding in the darkness is a mysterious being, stranded on Earth, and wanted by the government.
This launches the boys on an epic journey full of danger and wonder, one that will test the limits of their friendship and change all of their lives forever.
- 5/15/2014
- by Michelle McCue
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
In honor of National Teachers Day, Relativity Media is giving schools nationwide the opportunity to win $100,000 for their school by recruiting as many voters as possible to come to www.echopostercontest.com and vote for their favorite poster image for the upcoming release Earth To Echo, in theaters July 2, 2014 and credit their vote to their designated school.
Voters wanting to help their schools, can go to echopostercontest.com where they can select the name of the school to which they want to credit their vote, view the Earth To Echo trailer, and then vote for their favorite fan poster image from a selection on the site.
The school with the most votes will win $100,000.* The Contest will also help determine the fan favorite Earth to Echo poster which will have a limited special edition print. This contest ends Monday, June 2.
* No Purchase Necessary. Contest open only to public, charter and...
Voters wanting to help their schools, can go to echopostercontest.com where they can select the name of the school to which they want to credit their vote, view the Earth To Echo trailer, and then vote for their favorite fan poster image from a selection on the site.
The school with the most votes will win $100,000.* The Contest will also help determine the fan favorite Earth to Echo poster which will have a limited special edition print. This contest ends Monday, June 2.
* No Purchase Necessary. Contest open only to public, charter and...
- 5/6/2014
- by Michelle McCue
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Check out the new trailer for Relativity’s upcoming film, Earth To Echo, and get ready to go on an epic and exciting journey this summer.
Tuck, Munch and Alex are a closely bonded trio of inseparable friends, but their time together is coming to an end. Their neighborhood is being destroyed by a highway construction project that is forcing their families to move away. But just two days before they must part ways, the boys find a cryptic signal has infected their phones.
Convinced something bigger is going on and looking for one final adventure together, they set off to trace the messages to their source and discover something beyond their wildest imaginations: hiding in the darkness is a mysterious being, stranded on Earth, and wanted by the government.
This launches the boys on an epic journey full of danger and wonder, one that will test the limits of...
Tuck, Munch and Alex are a closely bonded trio of inseparable friends, but their time together is coming to an end. Their neighborhood is being destroyed by a highway construction project that is forcing their families to move away. But just two days before they must part ways, the boys find a cryptic signal has infected their phones.
Convinced something bigger is going on and looking for one final adventure together, they set off to trace the messages to their source and discover something beyond their wildest imaginations: hiding in the darkness is a mysterious being, stranded on Earth, and wanted by the government.
This launches the boys on an epic journey full of danger and wonder, one that will test the limits of...
- 3/20/2014
- by Michelle McCue
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Check out the full trailer for Relativity’s “Earth to Echo,” an upcoming found-footage-esque, sci-fi movie about a neighborhood group of kids who uncover a mysterious piece of hardware that turns out to be of alien technology.
The film stars Astro, Teo Halm, Reese C. Hartwig and Ella Wahlestedt.
“Earth to Echo” is directed by Dave Green from a screenplay written by Henry Gayden.
The film follows a group of young friends who begin to receive bizarre encrypted messages on their cellphones, they embark on an incredible adventure to discover the meaning behind these communications. Soon enough, they realize that the messages they are receiving are from a mysterious being from another world – one who desperately needs their help.
Have a look at the full trailer by using the player below, film looks like “Chronicle” meets “Super 8″.
“Echo to Earth” is set to hit theaters July 2, 2014.
Source: Yahoo! Movies
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The film stars Astro, Teo Halm, Reese C. Hartwig and Ella Wahlestedt.
“Earth to Echo” is directed by Dave Green from a screenplay written by Henry Gayden.
The film follows a group of young friends who begin to receive bizarre encrypted messages on their cellphones, they embark on an incredible adventure to discover the meaning behind these communications. Soon enough, they realize that the messages they are receiving are from a mysterious being from another world – one who desperately needs their help.
Have a look at the full trailer by using the player below, film looks like “Chronicle” meets “Super 8″.
“Echo to Earth” is set to hit theaters July 2, 2014.
Source: Yahoo! Movies
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- 3/20/2014
- by Kellvin Chavez
- LRMonline.com
Here is a full trailer for the great looking found footage sci-fi thriller Earth to Echo. This movie oozes 1980s Stephen Spielberg and Amblin film aspirations. One of our readers also suggested that the movie looks like a mix of Super 8 and Chronicle. It was directed by Dave Green and stars Teo Halm, Brian “Astro” Bradley, Reese Hartwig, and Ella Linnea Wahlestedt. It looks like it has the potential to be very fun and entertaining. I love sci-fi adventure movies like this.
After a construction project begins digging in their neighborhood, best friends Tuck, Munch and Alex inexplicably begin to receive strange, encoded messages on their cell phones. Convinced something bigger is going on, they go to their parents and the authorities. When everyone around them refuses to take the messages seriously, the three embark on a secret adventure to crack the code and follow it to its source.
After a construction project begins digging in their neighborhood, best friends Tuck, Munch and Alex inexplicably begin to receive strange, encoded messages on their cell phones. Convinced something bigger is going on, they go to their parents and the authorities. When everyone around them refuses to take the messages seriously, the three embark on a secret adventure to crack the code and follow it to its source.
- 3/19/2014
- by Joey Paur
- GeekTyrant
Watch the new trailer for Relativity Media's "Earth to Echo" sci-fi film which opens in theaters from July 2nd, 2014. The film stars a cast whom I have never heard of before in Teo Halm, Brian “Astro” Bradley, Reese Hartwig and Ella Linnea Wahlestedt. Dave Green directs the film produced by Andrew Panay and Ryan Kavanaugh, and executive-produced by Tucker Tooley, Ron Burkle, Jason Colbeck and Mark B. Johnson. What exactly is this? A poorly acted "Super 8 "meets "E.T."? I'll skip, thanks. Tuck, Munch and Alex are a closely bonded trio of inseparable friends, but their time together is coming to an end. Their neighborhood is being destroyed by a highway construction project that is forcing their families to move away. But just two days before they must part ways, the boys find a cryptic signal has infected their phones. Convinced something bigger is going on and looking for one final adventure together,...
- 3/19/2014
- Upcoming-Movies.com
About a month ago we were surprised with an incredibly fun-looking new sci-fi film called Earth to Echo. The found footage film was supposed to be released on April 24h, 2014, but according to Erc, Relativity has pushed that date to July. The studio must have a lot of confidence in the film to give it a summer release date.
The movie seems to have a kind of '80s Amblin magical feel to it, like The Goonies, E.T., Explorers, and even J.J. Abrams' Super 8. Here's the synopsis for the movie,
After a construction project begins digging in their neighborhood, best friends Tuck, Munch and Alex inexplicably begin to receive strange, encoded messages on their cell phones. Convinced something bigger is going on, they go to their parents and the authorities. When everyone around them refuses to take the messages seriously, the three embark on a secret adventure to...
The movie seems to have a kind of '80s Amblin magical feel to it, like The Goonies, E.T., Explorers, and even J.J. Abrams' Super 8. Here's the synopsis for the movie,
After a construction project begins digging in their neighborhood, best friends Tuck, Munch and Alex inexplicably begin to receive strange, encoded messages on their cell phones. Convinced something bigger is going on, they go to their parents and the authorities. When everyone around them refuses to take the messages seriously, the three embark on a secret adventure to...
- 2/7/2014
- by Joey Paur
- GeekTyrant
Sneak Peek the new teaser trailer from director Dave Green's sci-fi adventure film "Earth to Echo, starring Teo Halm, Brian "Astro" Bradley, Reese Hartwig and Ella Linnea Wahlestedt, opening April 25, 2014:
"...after a construction project begins digging in their neighborhood, best friends 'Tuck', 'Munch' and 'Alex' inexplicably begin to receive strange, encoded messages on their cell phones. Convinced something bigger is going on, they go to their parents and the authorities. When everyone around them refuses to take the messages seriously, the three embark on a secret adventure to crack the code and follow it to its source. But taking matters into their own hands gets the trio in way over their heads when they discover a mysterious being from another world who desperately needs their help..."
Click the images to enlarge and Sneak Peek "Earth To Echo"...
"...after a construction project begins digging in their neighborhood, best friends 'Tuck', 'Munch' and 'Alex' inexplicably begin to receive strange, encoded messages on their cell phones. Convinced something bigger is going on, they go to their parents and the authorities. When everyone around them refuses to take the messages seriously, the three embark on a secret adventure to crack the code and follow it to its source. But taking matters into their own hands gets the trio in way over their heads when they discover a mysterious being from another world who desperately needs their help..."
Click the images to enlarge and Sneak Peek "Earth To Echo"...
- 12/13/2013
- by Michael Stevens
- SneakPeek
Earth to Echo Teaser Trailer. Dave Green‘s Earth to Echo (2014) teaser trailer stars Teo Halm, Astro, Reese Hartwig, Ella Wahlestedt, and Jason Gray-Stanford. Earth to Echo‘s plot synopsis: “After a construction project begins digging in their neighborhood, best friends Tuck, Munch and Alex inexplicably begin to receive strange, encoded messages on [...]
Continue reading: Earth To Echo (2014) Teaser Trailer, Poster: Friends Discover Aliens...
Continue reading: Earth To Echo (2014) Teaser Trailer, Poster: Friends Discover Aliens...
- 12/13/2013
- by Rollo Tomasi
- Film-Book
Earth to Echo is shaping up to be a wonderful “found-footage” style movie that follows the adventure of a group of kids who happen upon something from out of this world. If you have a soft spot in your heart for E.T. then this movie looks to be your 2014 version. Check out the poster, synopsis and trailer below. I’ve got a really good feeling about this one.
When a group of young friends begin to receive bizarre encrypted messages on their cellphones, they embark on an incredible adventure to discover the meaning behind these communications. Soon enough, they realize that the messages they are receiving are from a mysterious being from another world - one who desperately needs their help.
Trailer: Earth to Echo
That final bit at the end is a really beautiful site that is minimalist at the moment with just the final question (after poking it for a bit) being,...
When a group of young friends begin to receive bizarre encrypted messages on their cellphones, they embark on an incredible adventure to discover the meaning behind these communications. Soon enough, they realize that the messages they are receiving are from a mysterious being from another world - one who desperately needs their help.
Trailer: Earth to Echo
That final bit at the end is a really beautiful site that is minimalist at the moment with just the final question (after poking it for a bit) being,...
- 12/13/2013
- by Jess Orso
- ScifiMafia
Check out the teaser trailer for Relativity’s “Earth to Echo,” an upcoming found-footage-esque, sci-fi movie about a neighborhood group of kids who uncover a mysterious piece of hardware that turns out to be of alien technology.
The film stars Astro, Teo Halm, Reese C. Hartwig and Ella Wahlestedt.
“Earth to Echo” is directed by Dave Green from a screenplay written by Henry Gayden.
The film follows a group of young friends who begin to receive bizarre encrypted messages on their cellphones, they embark on an incredible adventure to discover the meaning behind these communications. Soon enough, they realize that the messages they are receiving are from a mysterious being from another world – one who desperately needs their help.
Have a look at the trailer below, which looks like “Chronicle” meets “Super 8″.
“Echo to Earth” is set to hit theaters April 25th, 2014.
Source: Apple
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The film stars Astro, Teo Halm, Reese C. Hartwig and Ella Wahlestedt.
“Earth to Echo” is directed by Dave Green from a screenplay written by Henry Gayden.
The film follows a group of young friends who begin to receive bizarre encrypted messages on their cellphones, they embark on an incredible adventure to discover the meaning behind these communications. Soon enough, they realize that the messages they are receiving are from a mysterious being from another world – one who desperately needs their help.
Have a look at the trailer below, which looks like “Chronicle” meets “Super 8″.
“Echo to Earth” is set to hit theaters April 25th, 2014.
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- 12/13/2013
- by Kellvin Chavez
- LRMonline.com
Here's a teaser trailer for a great-looking sci-fi adventure film that just popped out of nowhere! The movie is called Earth to Echo, and I have no idea how it flew under everyone's radar, but here it is, and it looks like a movie I'd really want to see! It's really rare to keep something like this hidden until the first trailer is released, so I applaud the creative team for being able to do it! The movie looks like it has that same '80s style magical feel to it like The Goonies, E.T., Explorers, and even J.J. Abrams' Super 8. Here's the synopsis,
After a construction project begins digging in their neighborhood, best friends Tuck, Munch and Alex inexplicably begin to receive strange, encoded messages on their cell phones. Convinced something bigger is going on, they go to their parents and the authorities. When everyone around them...
After a construction project begins digging in their neighborhood, best friends Tuck, Munch and Alex inexplicably begin to receive strange, encoded messages on their cell phones. Convinced something bigger is going on, they go to their parents and the authorities. When everyone around them...
- 12/12/2013
- by Joey Paur
- GeekTyrant
Exclusive: Relativity has acquired worldwide distribution rights to Echo, an adventure film that was developed and shot by Disney. The film didn’t fit the Mouse’s release strategy, and producer Andrew Panay brought it to Relativity president Tucker Tooley and production president Robbie Brenner. They’ve completed the deal to get the film out of Disney and have already set Echo for release on January 10, 2014. The film stars Astro (from X Factor) and a cast of up and comers that includes Teo Halm, Reese C. Hartwig and Ella Wahlestedt. The logline: After a construction project begins digging up their neighborhood, a group of friends begin receiving strange encoded messages on their cell phones. After being rebuffed by parents and authorities, they take it upon themselves to investigate the source of the messages. Dave Green made his directing debut on a Henry Gayden script. Panay produced and Relativity CEO Ryan Kavanaugh...
- 7/23/2013
- by MIKE FLEMING JR
- Deadline
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